Poetry Idol Australia

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Established in 2007 Poetry Idol has held heats at several libraries and the final each year is held at the Melbourne Writers Festival. Poetry Idol has attracted large crowds at the heats and the 2009 final held at the prestigious BMW Edge Federation Square was watched by a full house of almost 400 people.

Michael Crane and Trish Anderson at the 2010 Paradise Anthology Launch

Michael Crane and Trish Anderson at the 2009 Poetry Idol Final

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Trish Anderson and Michael Crane Bio

Michael and Trish have been collaborating on performance pieces since 2003.

Michael Crane is a performer with 20 year’s experience and has had more than 350 poems and stories published in magazines and newspapers since 1994. Michael has released 4 books of poems that have received National acclaim and in 2008 he completed a Diploma in Professional Writing and Editing at RMIT.

“Bleak, funny, moody, like a modern-day Chaplin, Michael Crane shows us the flickeringframes of his and our lives in the pervasive dystopia of Melbourne" — David Gilbey Professor of Literature at Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga.

Trish Anderson has been a performer around Australia for over 20 years writing,recording, touring and performing with band ‘Git’ for 7 years and ‘Mrs Wainwright’ for 6 years. In 1997 Trish completed a Degree with Honors in Art majoring in Music.

Her latest album with band ‘Mrs Wainwright’ was ‘Clickity Clack’ released by Croxton Records in 2007.

“Clickity Clack beats with a rock’n’roll heart. It’s beauty and charm are tough and dusty thanks largely to a band that, when given a licence to rock out, grabbed the opportunity with zeal.” -Martin Jones, Drum Media, Sydney, Oct ‘07

Trish’s releases have attracted airplay internationally and within Australia on the ABC, Triple J and all major public radio stations nationally.

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